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(No Model.)

N. B. HALE.

BUTTON.

No. 293,082. Patented May 6, 1884.

Nut STATES ATENT FEICE.

NAPOLEON B. HALE, OF SAN BERNARDINO, CALIFORNIA.

BUTTON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 298,082, dated May 6, 1884.

Application filed November 12, 1883. (No model.)

To all whmn it may concern.-

Be it known that I, NAPOLEON B. HALE, of San Bernardino, county of San Bernardino, and State of California, have invented an Irnprovement in Buttons; and I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

My'invention relates to a new and useful button of that class in which the stem or shank is provided with a sliding and swinging crosshead, whereby the button may be readily inserted and secured in place.

My invention consists in an improvement in the shank and cross-head, both being made flat, and the latter of spring material, for the purpose I shall hereinafter explain.

'The object of my invention is to provide a button of simple construction which is adapted to be easily inserted and fastened.

My improvements are applicable to any and all kinds of buttons, whether to be used for cuffs, shirts, collars, or other garments; but in this connection I have deemed it sufficient to illustrate a cuff-button and explain my invention therewith.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my button, showing the cross-head at right angles to the shank, as when in place in the button-hole. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the button, showing the cross-head in line with the shank in position for the button to be inserted or removed. Fig. Sis a section through the button, and a side elevation of-shank to show pin 0.

A is the button, and B is its shank or stem. This may be secured to the back of the button in any suitable manner, andis made wide and flat, with a slot or recess, b, which is spanned by a pin, 0, in its end.

D is the cross-head, made of a wide fiat piece of spring metal, with a longitudinal slot, d, in it, which may be'formed in several ways, as by a single piece of metal bent double and soldered or riveted at the ends, orby two parallel pieces spaced and riveted at each end to small cross-pieces, or in any other suitable manner. This cross-head is secured to the shank by having the pin 0 pass through its slot, whereby said cross-head may be moved endwise until the pin articulates with the end I of the slot, when the cross-head may be turned,

as on a hinge, to a plane inline with the shank. There is a small groove, Z, made transversely in one or both of theinner surfaces of thesides of the cross-head at their centers,.into which, when the cross-head is turned at right angles with the shank, the pin 0 fits, and is bound therein with suflicient force by the springing character of the cross-head to hold it there, and thus keep the cross-head in position to secure the button. The width of the slotd and the diameter of the pin 0 are so regulated that while they may operate one within another with slight pressure their connection will not be so loose as to allow the cross-head to slip without cause. For this purpose I make the cross-head of spring material, which will bind sufficiently on the pin at any point, and will do this with perfect security at the center when the pin is in the transverse groove or grooves 1. To use this button, first slip the cross-head to the end and turn it in line with the shank;

'then insert it through the button-holes until pin from the grooves, when said cross-head may be moved to one end and turned in line with the shank, easy to be removed. The shank being wide and flat and the cross-head likewise, they do not take up much room, and hold well to their places, lying close to the material.

I am aware that a button has long been known in which a hinged and sliding crosshead is connected with the shank to effectthe general result I have explained; but the crosshead in that button is notspringy, and is cumbersome, and the shank likewise, to adapt it to receive and contain an independent or separate spring, under the influence of which the cross-head is held to its place. I do nottherefore claim such a button, broadly, but only my improvements as herein described, whereby I am enabled to provide a 'cheaper,simpler,and more effective button.

I am aware of the patent to Chandler, No. 206,002, July 16, 1878, and do not desire to claim, broadly, any of the features therein tinuous piece of spring metal, and provided at shown. its center with a. depression, Z, in which the Having thus described my invention, what pin 0 rests, all arranged to operate substan- I claim as new, and desire to secure by Lettially as herein described. 5 ters Patent, is I In witness whereof I have hereunto set my I 5 The eombinatiomwith abutton provided with hand. a shank secured to the said button by thepar- NAPOLEON B. HALE. allel and bifurcated ends of said shank, and \Vitnesses:

having a pin, 0, and a slot, I), formed therein, 1 HENRY GOODOELL, J r.,

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